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Essentially, in its modern context, it's used against anti-imperialists and those who support existing socialist countries. Those using it as a pejorative have a different view of these countries and thus see "tankies" as defending the indefensible, while "tankies" tend to have more depth of knowledge going against the hegemonic grain.